2012 Population

In 2012, the world’s population was estimated at around 7 billion people. Asia was the most populous continent, home to over 4.2 billion people, with China and India alone accounting for more than 2.5 billion combined—making them the two most populous countries globally. Africa’s population was rapidly growing, reaching about 1.1 billion, with Nigeria and Ethiopia among its largest countries by population. Europe’s population stood at roughly 740 million, led by Russia and Germany. Latin America and the Caribbean had about 600 million people, with Brazil and Mexico as the most populous nations in the region. North America’s population was approximately 350 million, dominated by the United States, which had over 313 million residents. Oceania, including Australia and the Pacific Islands, had the smallest population, with around 38 million people. Population growth rates varied significantly, with Africa and parts of Asia experiencing the fastest increases, while Europe’s population growth was relatively stagnant.

Rank	Country	Population	Population Density Per Square KM
1	China	1,355,524,732	145.3
2	India	1,251,839,015	421
3	United States	313,830,990	34.3
4	Indonesia	252,247,464	139.2
5	Brazil	201,350,896	24.1
6	Pakistan	197,077,122	255.7
7	Nigeria	174,931,760	192.1
8	Bangladesh	149,790,601	1,150.7
9	Russia	143,475,007	8.8
10	Japan	127,250,763	349.1
11	Mexico	117,627,103	60.5
12	Philippines	96,862,023	324.9
13	Vietnam	92,697,293	299
14	Ethiopia	86,859,145	79.2
15	Egypt	85,806,339	86.2
16	Germany	81,862,920	234.8
17	Congo Kinshasa	77,998,458	34.4
18	Iran	76,681,210	50.1
19	Turkey	76,335,994	99.2
20	Thailand	67,045,539	131.2
21	France	65,638,922	102.5
22	United Kingdom	63,448,099	262.3
23	Italy	61,303,175	208.4
24	Burma	52,523,110	80.4
25	South Africa	51,910,102	42.7
26	South Korea	49,823,397	514.1
27	Tanzania	47,316,472	53.4
28	Spain	46,444,355	93.1
29	Ukraine	45,491,540	78.5
30	Colombia	44,381,863	42.7
31	Kenya	44,323,013	77.9
32	Argentina	42,216,144	15.4
33	Poland	38,632,128	127
34	Algeria	37,365,369	15.7
35	Sudan	36,431,189	19.6
36	Canada	34,974,489	3.8
37	Morocco	33,052,739	46.1
38	Uganda	32,815,387	166.5
39	Iraq	31,447,457	71.9
40	Afghanistan	30,412,510	46.6
41	Malaysia	29,982,958	91.2
42	Peru	29,666,146	23.2
43	Saudi Arabia	29,493,088	13.7
44	Venezuela	29,486,420	33.4
45	Uzbekistan	28,398,053	66.8
46	Nepal	27,501,219	191.8
47	Ghana	25,944,002	114
48	North Korea	24,635,363	204.6
49	Yemen	24,594,248	46.6
50	Angola	24,407,498	19.6
51	Mozambique	24,329,701	30.9
52	Taiwan	23,238,660	720.4
53	Côte d'Ivoire	22,700,920	71.4
54	Australia	22,563,165	2.9
55	Syria	22,432,681	120.7
56	Cameroon	22,073,688	46.7
57	Madagascar	21,967,795	37.8
58	Sri Lanka	21,479,055	332.3
59	Romania	20,252,280	88.1
60	Kazakhstan	17,517,255	6.5
61	Chile	17,067,800	22.9
62	Niger	16,842,453	13.3
63	Netherlands	16,729,271	493.6
64	Burkina Faso	16,599,121	60.6
65	Malawi	15,966,179	169.7
66	Mali	15,408,711	12.6
67	Ecuador	15,217,573	55
68	Guatemala	14,823,189	138.3
69	Cambodia	14,648,510	83
70	Zambia	14,518,489	19.5
71	Senegal	13,470,240	70
72	Zimbabwe	12,974,906	33.5
73	Chad	12,899,944	10.2
74	Cuba	11,261,613	102.5
75	Belgium	11,058,132	365.2
76	Greece	10,948,200	83.8
77	South Sudan	10,776,233	16.7
78	Tunisia	10,772,441	69.3
79	Portugal	10,591,764	115.8
80	Czechia	10,591,594	137.1
81	Rwanda	10,505,340	425.9
82	Bolivia	10,397,215	9.6
83	Somalia	10,112,673	16.1
84	Guinea	10,083,975	41
85	Hungary	9,950,567	111
86	Benin	9,804,697	88.6
87	Haiti	9,792,754	355.3
88	Burundi	9,748,109	379.6
89	Dominican Republic	9,661,072	199.9
90	Belarus	9,642,669	47.5
91	Sweden	9,573,255	23.3
92	Azerbaijan	9,493,724	114.9
93	United Arab Emirates	8,606,553	102.9
94	Austria	8,512,930	103.3
95	Honduras	8,287,528	74.1
96	Switzerland	7,924,908	198.1
97	Tajikistan	7,765,108	54.9
98	Israel	7,629,226	354.9
99	Papua New Guinea	7,445,397	16.4
100	Bulgaria	7,308,614	67.4
101	Serbia	7,159,029	92.4
102	Jordan	7,077,343	79.7
103	Hong Kong	7,050,104	6,570.5
104	Laos	6,625,013	28.7
105	Paraguay	6,537,669	16.5
106	Togo	6,531,832	120.1
107	Sierra Leone	6,519,000	91
108	El Salvador	6,032,632	291.1
109	Libya	5,790,189	3.3
110	Nicaragua	5,717,219	47.6
111	Denmark	5,592,472	131.8
112	Eritrea	5,587,486	55.3
113	Kyrgyzstan	5,496,560	28.7
114	Slovakia	5,438,948	113.1
115	Finland	5,405,387	17.8
116	Singapore	5,318,078	7,500.8
117	Turkmenistan	5,053,286	10.8
118	Norway	5,021,107	16.5
119	Georgia	4,950,269	71
120	Central African Republic	4,881,023	7.8
121	Ireland	4,721,704	68.5
122	Costa Rica	4,635,159	90.8
123	Lebanon	4,608,680	450.5
124	Congo Brazzaville	4,489,950	13.1
125	Croatia	4,389,754	78.4
126	New Zealand	4,336,624	16.4
127	Liberia	4,140,620	43
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,878,827	75.8
129	Moldova	3,654,059	111.1
130	Puerto Rico	3,636,205	410
131	Panama	3,594,589	48.4
132	Mauritania	3,356,215	3.3
133	Uruguay	3,318,165	19
134	Oman	3,084,018	10
135	Armenia	3,067,011	108.7
136	Albania	3,007,803	109.8
137	Lithuania	2,973,159	47.4
138	Mongolia	2,869,801	1.8
139	Jamaica	2,827,200	261
140	Kuwait	2,646,670	148.5
141	West Bank	2,499,200	443.1
142	Namibia	2,249,387	2.7
143	Slovenia	2,092,758	103.9
144	North Macedonia	2,089,228	82.1
145	Latvia	2,051,103	32.9
146	Botswana	2,044,538	3.6
147	Lesotho	2,028,871	66.8
148	Qatar	1,952,262	168.5
149	The Gambia	1,858,289	183.6
150	Kosovo	1,836,167	168.7
151	Gabon	1,743,383	6.8
152	Gaza Strip	1,587,311	4,409.2
153	Guinea-Bissau	1,587,214	56.4
154	Trinidad and Tobago	1,334,316	260.2
155	Estonia	1,288,868	30.4
156	Mauritius	1,288,493	634.7
157	Bahrain	1,248,334	1,642.5
158	Timor-Leste	1,143,600	76.9
159	Cyprus	1,138,183	123.2
160	Equatorial Guinea	1,091,653	38.9
161	Eswatini	1,031,550	60
162	Fiji	889,592	48.7
163	Guyana	786,193	4
164	Bhutan	778,358	20.3
165	Djibouti	773,220	33.4
166	Comoros	741,756	331.9
167	Montenegro	622,079	46.2
168	Macau	580,391	20,728.2
169	Solomon Islands	580,328	20.7
170	Suriname	554,290	3.6
171	Luxembourg	533,061	206.1
172	Cabo Verde	523,159	129.7
173	Malta	422,121	1,335.8
174	Brunei	408,471	77.6
175	Maldives	394,347	1,323.3
176	Belize	341,900	15
177	The Bahamas	325,236	32.5
178	Iceland	320,531	3.2
179	Barbados	292,221	679.6
180	French Polynesia	274,454	71.7
181	New Caledonia	260,190	14.2
182	Vanuatu	255,930	21
183	Samoa	194,318	68.9
184	Sao Tome and Principe	183,044	189.9
185	Guam	164,643	302.7
186	Saint Lucia	161,811	267
187	Curaçao	145,841	328.5
188	Grenada	109,088	317.1
189	U.S. Virgin Islands	108,188	310.9
190	Aruba	107,587	597.7
191	Federated States of Micronesia	106,384	151.5
192	Tonga	106,134	148
193	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,410	265.8
194	Kiribati	102,153	126
195	Jersey	94,826	817.5
196	Seychelles	89,698	197.1
197	Antigua and Barbuda	88,872	200.6
198	Isle of Man	85,339	149.2
199	Andorra	85,164	182
200	Dominica	73,523	97.9
201	Bermuda	69,154	1,280.6
202	Marshall Islands	68,358	377.7
203	Guernsey	65,413	838.6
204	Greenland	57,648	0
205	American Samoa	54,476	275.1
206	Northern Mariana Islands	53,405	113.1
207	Cayman Islands	52,475	198.8
208	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50,707	194.3
209	Faroe Islands	49,476	35.5
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	46,379	48.9
211	Sint Maarten	39,143	1,151.3
212	Liechtenstein	36,713	229.5
213	San Marino	32,127	526.7
214	British Virgin Islands	31,126	206.1
215	Saint Martin	30,943	573
216	Monaco	30,523	15,261.5
217	Gibraltar	28,916	4,130.9
218	Palau	20,966	45.7
219	Wallis and Futuna	15,429	108.7
220	Anguilla	15,400	169.2
221	Cook Islands	10,746	45.5
222	Tuvalu	10,627	408.7
223	Nauru	9,343	444.9
224	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	7,745	19.7
225	Saint Barthelemy	7,331	293.2
226	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,865	24.2
227	Montserrat	5,163	50.6

Data from US Census International Database